Cool and Collected - collecting pop culture memories and memorabilia
A general discussion of collecting cool things, such as vintage and modern toys, comic books, ephemera.
There are thousands of incredible pop culture collectibles up for bid at Hake’s right now, but I thought I would post a few of my favorites, starting with this amazing Batmobile display… “BATMAN” HUGE AND IMPRESSIVE 1966 “BURRY’S COOKIES” VACU-FORM DISPLAY W/ BATMOBILE KIT OFFER. THE LONE RANGER 1957 LARGE & IMPRESSIVE GENERAL MILLS STORE [...]
Finally. I’ve been waiting for these Imaginext toys to start hitting the yard sales, and this weekend I struck the mother lode. Actually, it was just one mother selling her kid’s toys off in bulk — my kind of sale! I picked up this entire lot for $25.00 and my boys are very happy. My [...]
One of the reasons I love yard sales is how random they can be. You really never know what you will find. The yard sales this weekend gave up some strange stuff, but I love strange stuff, so it’s all good. We hit a neighborhood yard sale that boasted 100 families participating. The threat of [...]
The yard sales are finally starting to pick back up around here. This weekend there were a few advertised “community yard sales” but those communities were a bit anemic. We probably visited a half dozen sales, and here’s how I spent $9… I found a small stack of Lego instruction booklets (sadly, no Legos included) [...]
Hake’s always has amazing pop culture collectibles for sale, and until September 15, many of those items are 20% off. There’s something for everyone, no matter what you collect. Here are a few of the items I am tempted to add to my own collection… “M*A*S*H 4077TH MILITARY BASE” PLAYSET. THE MUNSTERS MEXICAN OVERSIZED [...]
Thunderstorms kept me home on Saturday morning, but it wasn’t raining in New York! Benjamen, a friend of the site who knows my fondness for all things Batman, sent me this picture of some of his finds at the West 25th Street Flea Market in New York City. “…the way you are with garage sales [...]
I had a great weekend with the family — we did some geocaching, some moonbouncing, and I even got to go see Conan. Of course, the Saturday morning highlight was some excellent yard sale treasure hunting. We probably hit a half dozen sales, and all of them gave up the goods… Our first stop was at [...]
There weren’t many sales again this weekend but we had to get out there and at least try. For me, there’s nothing worse than pulling up to a yard sale and seeing someone walking away with a giant bin filled with Legos and action figures, but that happened at both of the yard sales we [...]
I’ve been wanting to give some props to the fine folks at Fisher Price for their Imaginext super hero toys for a while. My kids love these toys, and I am continually impressed with their “fun quotient.” DC made a very smart move in partnering with Fisher Price for this line, and with the huge number [...]
The yard sales were brutal this weekend! We started at a large church sale where I found a few action figures but kept seeing other guys walking around with huge bins of LEGO and old board games, which made me realize that we arrived too late. It opened at 8:00 and we were there at [...]
